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...... i ; r,i , . 11 i t i 1 Stan Lingdi : . GRIN AND BEAR, JT n Boole Next For Henry by Uchty From first Statesman. March it, 1151 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY CHARLES A. SPRAGLTE, Editor and Publisher muHmA avm mrttw- Boainesa efflce 115 8. Commercial. Salem. Oregon. Telephone X-244L, Entered at the postofflct at Salea, Orersn. as second class matter ander act of congress March S, 117 Call for Excess Profits Tax The tax bills passed by the senate and house lack aa excess profits tax. There is a strong body of sentiment in each house in favor of such a levy. In fact the bill passed the senate only after assurance was given by Chairman George of the finance committee then an excess profits tax with retroactive features would be brought in later. In the house objection to the present bills has delayed their reference to a conference com mittee. With all the pressure from administra tion, senate and house leadership for early enactment of legislation increasing present taxes it is probable that this course will be-followed with the excess profits tax coining up later. y War millionaires are unpopular, and congress will have plenty of support in legislation to strip profits out of war making. But drafting such man feels the state department should have presented his full project to the legislature. Also it is inclined to' criticize the method of negotiat ing long-time leases. That has led to criticism that friends. (and fellow republicans) were fa vored in the dealing. We do not believe there was any collusion to injure the state's interest. But Newbry could have avoided criticism if, after making sure of the legality of his project, he had had the board of control call for bids on space, reserving the right to negotiate if tenders yfere unsatisfactory. As it is he gets in the line of democratic fire and exposes his party to the same. J .Contributions and Bequests 1 What a person does with his money after he legislation is not easy. There are many "hard- nays his debts and his taxes is of course a mat- .A taaiio1 wiIaa 4Koi will Ka iiri ., 4 Anm l AMefM fitmsv ruktnls Viftl1 vntrt VS&da CLUU KUIUCU AWU wv tX AUl iUD VVVA wvwW44 Jf versally equitable are hard to write. Confisca tory excess profits taxes encourage waste and extravagance in business management. The committee on economic development which has taken a sanely progressive stand on tax matters favors upping the tax rates rather' than using the method of taxing away excess profits. There still would be the temptation to loose spend ing if the rates went away up but there would not be the inequities of the excess profits levy, such as its burden on new business. We'll get a new excess profits tax. This time it may embrace individuals as well as corpora tions as was true during the first world war. It should be retroactive to thelirst of July, 1950, to soak up a lot of the war-stimulated extra profits. Well probably be getting higher rates for corporation and personal income taxes for the increases in the current bill aren't enough to balance the budget by a long way. Taxation is one way to halt inflation; and there will be less griping among men inducted for ' military service if they know that those at home aren't waxing rich out of war contracts and commodity speculation. - ' - ' ' . Test the Leases in Court It looks like the end of a beautiful friendship it until it accumulates in a sizable pile then make substantial bequests in their wills to va rious charitable and philanthropic causes. Oth ers ''share their wealth" as they go along. One of the latter was T. H. Banfield of Portland. He made no charitable bequests in. his will, explain ing" that he had made large contributions each year and observing, "I have known and seen how and where the money I donated was spent," He admonished his heirs (wife and daughter) to continue to contribute to charities in accord- .ance with their incomes. I . Take your choice, Mr. Man-of -Means. Only do one or the other. Don't overlook opportunities to help philanthropic causes. Share the wealth with which the Lord and your country have prospered you, preferably as you go along so you may have satisfaction in seeing your money at ' work; or at least when you come to write the will disposing of your earthly goods. "You can't take it with you'- is a common phrase. But you can make your money yield rich dividends in good works. " . - Brisk Mornyigs Are Here September means a change in tempo. Evervthine seems to move faster already. No' that of Secretary ox fctate wewDry ana otaie i more iorniA loafing in a lawn chair or behind Treasurer Pearson, i Tnougn tney couaDoraiea ; closely in putting in two new and inexperienced tax commissioners IS months, ago the association has become frayed, especially as election draws near and party loyalties reassert themselves. Now-the doughty Walter is hot on the trial of the warrants the secretary of state will issue for rental for the several offices Newbry has: leased at some twenty spots over the state. He wants Newbry to identify them, presumably that he may put a "stop -payment" on them when they arrive at his pay window. Pearson relies on an opinion of the attorney general to the effect that the secretary of state had no authority under the law to enter into long-time leases for the branch offices he has set up over the state. . ' -: ' : ' : Let us have the dispute settled by the courts. Newbry is confident his action is within the law, and is sound public policy. Let him give Pearson the information the latter seeks. Then Pearson can stop payment on the warrants; the payees can bring a mandamus proceeding against the treasurer; Neuner can defend that official-rand the courts will decide who is right , under the law. , -Leave the law to the lawyers, and the judges. From the standpoint of public policy The States- desk or on the shady side of the haymow: if s time to shake the summer sluggishness and get a move on. ' Schools are opening, and for ' mother that means having .breakfast on time again, fixing lunches again, observing bedtimes agairC and worrying about. clothes and classroom supplies again. The summer season of weddings as top social news is about oyer, and it's time for clubs to start their fall meetings and have teas - and bridges and luncheons again. : ':J The elections are drawing' closer and the politicians are getting that old restless feeling that makes them want to go out and shake hands with real autumn fervor. They're getting an urge to make speeches, too, and now, that the fairs and festivals and rodeos ready made for personal appearances are over, they're look irffe for invitations to the businessmen's lunch eon clubs. I Businessmen are stepping lively, too. Back-to-school trade is in full swing, and there are plans afoot for getting the Christmas shoppers out early. , Yes sir, September means a change in tempo. It's a good thing September also means a change in temperature! . By Henry MeLemore PARIS, FRANCE Sept. 12 It being my observation that 99 per cent of the Americans who visit the Continent of Europe do not speak more than half a dozen words of the languages spok en on the Con tinent, I ' have decided to do a book on sign language. For the past fifteen years I have used sign language abroad with tremendous success. Authorities on this means of communication have told me that were it not for a sightly stiff elbow (I got it earning my leap frog letter early in the Wilson administration) I would be rec ognized as one of the best in tne world at wig-wagging my wants to foreigners. A word of warning Is in order for those who might be tempted to drop those "French In Three Easy Lessons," "Spanish While You Wait For the Bus," and "Italian Before Breakfast? books in favor of the sign language. It Is a much, much more rigorous means of communication than by the tongue. I have known fine ; athletes, capable of playing three chukkers of football, or five sets of hockey, who were unable to withstand the punishment of talking with their hands, arms, hands, legs, and feet to a French chambermaid. 1 Before taking it up I would td vise a good physical exam. It Is not for those with brittle bones, or with joints which stray from their assigned niches under stress and strain. Indeed, my first chap ter and perhaps three or four pages of the second chapter, will deal with physical fitness. Road work is essential. Twenty or thirty miles of 'Jogging and sprinting a day is none too much, for unless the legs are strong one can never hope to order properly a step ladder, say, from an Ital ian assistant hotel manager. Or dering a step ladder in Italy and you know how you're ALWAYS needing one of the things some times requires hours of pretend ing to climb in the air. And even then you are likely to get fly swatter, not a step-ladder, and have to begin all over again. Once I have pounded the ne cessity of physical fitness Into my readers' heads I will give hundreds of examples of effec tive sign language motions. With your permission without it, even I will describe one or two. . Telling a Frenchman that you want to catch a bus- to Napo leon's Tomb;; This is compara tively simple. First, shrink your self to approximately Naponeon's height, twist your hat, around until it looks cockeyed, poke your nana to your coat, and say, pref : eraNy in French. "Napoleon." Then, just as if you were play ing "the game," act out a tomb . withjfapoleon buried beneath it. By this time the Frenchman, If he hasn't run away, will under stand what you want to see. Then act out a bus in motion. To do this run along the street with DTP ffiDOBOCB "You'd be mad, too . r i here I planned te make Jif e miserable for yea, and yea have to r and REMEMBER ear anniversary! . . ." your head lowered, alternately stopping and starting, and making a noise like a horn, and pretend ing to be taking up and punching tickets, putting on brakes, turn ing corners and, well, acting out a bus from start to finish. If you happen to be headed in the right way when you start playing bus the chances are that you'll even tually get to Napoleon's tomb. Asking an Italian where Is the nearest place to go trout fish ing: Buy a fly rod and start casting on any fairly busy street corner. Wiggle the hands and arms after the manner of a trout swimming. If It's rainbow trout you want, swing your arms in an arc, look toward the sky, and get a look of rapture on your face. v . '.I If it's speckled trout you want, hire a freckle-faced boy for the day and, when not casting or wiggling your arms, point to his freckles. Italy has fine trout fishing and I have used the sign language described to learn of some heavily stocked streams and lakes. It is only when the signs are used Improperly that the Italian authorities will toss you in the jug for obstructing traf fic. ' Ordering roast beef in Switzer land: - Almost too obvious to de scribe. 'Use the fingers to Indi cate horns on the head. Moo and bellow. Take pocket knife and simulate cutting chunks of meat off your side, hew vigorously. Swallow. Pat stomach.. Swirl like a matador. Fall down like dead steer. For some reason all this will sometimes get you roast chicken In Switzerland. It Isn't bad, so go ahead and eat it. (Distributed by McNaucht Syndicate. Inc.) Safety Valve - SALMON KUN EASES PORTLAND, Sept 12 -ff) -The fall Columbia river salmon run apparently was easing . of f today. Army engineers reported . declin ing runs at Bonneville dam since the peak of 29,540 Friday.. They said 20,918 fish were counted Sat urday and 15,068 Monday. French, British Agreement on Question of Rearming Germany May Hinge on Bevins Talk anybcyw slrmc6" By J. M. Roberta, Jr. AP Foreign Affairs -lalyst A the Tri-Power foreign min isters opened their conference in New York it seemed that Britain ' and France were closer to each other than to the United S t a t e s on the Question of Ger man, rearmament - European Allies were willing to go along on the ereationofa West German police force to balance the Red-controlled forces of the Russian zone, but neither , was. ready for formation of Ger many army units, either within a ipnited European army or under "Allied occupation armies. - Observers were "quick to won ; der how much of this attitude might be attributable to a thought expressed by British Foreign Minister Ernest Bevin, that the . world situation is no more acute ' and war no more imminent titan it was a year ago. It 'was considered as perhaps natural that the British, whose -i imperial position has kept some ! Of her troops in action sorne where almost constantly for cen ' tunes, should be more complac ent than the United States over " such outbreaks as. the. one In It seemed to many that Schu- . . 1 l. . 1 man mi inmce uia mc wua reason for his position, in point ing out that rearmament of the AUaatic Pact Nations comes first. and there Is not sufficient equlp- ' merit bow for both. The United States wants to get busy mobilizing German man- ; power along with all the rest. v Tne UJS. does not say mat tne situation Is more acute or war more imminent. It does say that communist aggression in Korea has- made Russian morals clear, and that war will come unless lliec preparedness creates a suf ficient balance of power to pre-' . vnt it- - - ... The preliminary statements of the ministers as they arrived for : the conferences should not be ; taken as . final. Diplomatic ob ' servers still believed that the dif ferences would be ironed out, that Germany . would be accepted as an ally, and the whole defense program would get moving. - . I The United States, to encourage Western Europe's adherence, has been careful to give strong guar antees of its own determination to see that they are not again oc cupied by an enemy. It has also . given an amazing demonstration : of willingness to subordinate a part of its own prosperity to Eur ope's economic stability. In these circumstances, Europe cannot afford to be dragging its feet about doing everytiiing with- In Its power to share the load. This Is not a situation In which nations, as they have . done so often in the past, can merely try to align themselves with one or the other of two contending pow ers, or remain neutral. America does not want to hear, as It heard from Senator Cain Monday after a two-month study In Europe for the senate military affairs com mittee, that Spain and Turkey are the only countries really prepar ed and willing to fight if Russia attacks. If Russia's demonstrations in Eastern Europe, on the Baltic, in the Orient, are not sufficient to create unity now among the Western powers, then It is In deed true that war is hot Inevit able. The communists might well win without it. I - Literary Guidepost By W. G. Sogers WHEAT OF NIGHT, by Oscar DeLiso (Scribner's; $3.50). "'; Son of Italians who come to America as to the land of oppor tunity, Aldo Lucano is taken back by his mother, who prefers the home-grown opportunities 1 0 what New York's 28th Street of fers. The boy enters his teens in the southern town of Oliveto as the Fascist state begins to hit Its .stride. - The youngster who had been playing cowboy and Indian, and thought k uniform was only a. fireman's red hat now plays at war, marching up and down in a schoolyard, and learns that the Black Shirt, whethef worn by the : mayor or his innumerable super iors and inferiors, symbolizes a brutal and ruthless authority. Be even needs to wear one to class, and to enter a university. The long black arm of the state hits poor and wealthy, if they are not correctly uniformed; the stoning of the priest Is condoned, the tax collector's honesty blinked at; and if the Mayor and government agent get a girl In trouble, there can be not even a shot-gun wed ding to set it right. "The whole world says, "your troubles, not mine',' Aldo reflects as he wonders whether to return to America or stay and help the villagers struggle recklessly to get back the farm lands needed to ward off starvation. It's a great help to him, in deciding, to meet beautiful Franceses and with her at his side he takes part in the clash which caps this novel with a stirring climax. - DeLiso Introduces a swarm ' of characters, and a multitude of In cidents ahows how terrible was the Italian state under II Duce and how dreadful the lot of the poor. He has not made us feel that situation anew, however; he merely reminds us of it; and he has not managed to make us for get that the standard pattern for anti-Fascist novels is still Hem ingway's Tor Whom The Bell Tolls." An ambitious and serious work, this misses being as sweep ing as it is extensive, as dramatic as it is Informative. (Continued from page 1) no public: complaint, but when the opportunity came he stepped out for another and what should, be very interesting assignment. The Register-Guard concludes its editorial comment thus: This paper is not out to 'get Edgar Smith. We do not think his leadership In the State Board is intelligent or constructive. It has been extremely narrow, with a high political flavor. - It drives able men away. That's bad for education and for Oregon." The public will have to reserve judgment until there is fuller dis closure of facts with reference to management of our higher insti tutions of learning. But at least it is put on alert by this resigna tion of the chancellor and the ac companying publicity. The board 'has . designated . its secretary Charles D. Byrne as chanceHoT ad interim, which gives, assurance that the administrauon win be in experienced and competent hands. It should however under- . take -to obtain a new and able 1 educational' administrator for the chancellorship and then give his leadership appropriate support. - s In his "testament" Dr. Packer gave some very sound advice to Oregonians. He commended the system of centralized administra tion. He' urged conservatism in . the matter of setting up addition al units of the system or duplies t- 1 ing work within . the . present ' units. He also urged "regional reciprocity" in order to reduce the costs of special schools. Thus Oregon would send students to institutions in other states wnere numbers would not iustifr a special local Institution. Packer's advice will be given more heed . when the pinch on spending must be applied as most certainly it . will be. , The system of higher education must face forward and not back ward. It has made real progress In recent years and nothing should ' interfere with ! its continued progress. The responsibility rests with the board to select the lead ers for the system and to avoid politics and petty bickering with- - in its own organization. and Salem music lovers are still going around in circles. It isn't that 'gum -chewing Spike doesn't appreciate good music matter of fact he meets it head on. He doesn't really ignore the classics he sorta tramples them underfoot. When he and his chain-gang stampede through such main 'bouts as "Poet and Peasant Overture" and "Glowworm" you have to listen hard to hear l the pistol shot accompaniment. ' The Jones ensemble is a little different from most musical groups which have . played here. First of all the band's instru ments are all painted in tasteful colors of red, blue, yeUow and pink and the tuba was a seasick green decorated with multi-colored stars. The inmates of the organization are dressed in what toould seem to be patchwork quilting they give the impression they attended a horse race and came away wearing the blankets. Fond memory will never forget Spike wielding a bathroom plunger romping his charges through a nerue-sfcatterinQ- medley called "Careless Hands" and "Cry of the Wild Goose." ".".'' A story floating around state prison concerns the recent radio program on life of Omar Pinson, celebrated escapee (captured recently, Cons here requested to listen to the program for their nightly dial fun. In true villian-and-hero melodramer style in mates booed and hissed when Warden George Alexander's voice came over the air. But they cheered and applauded when Wil liam Benson (who scaled the wall with Pinson and later recap tured) came on and related how he refused to tell cops details of the escape. Long shot man came to pari-mutuel window at fair grounds Monday after fair had folded up winning ticket for 10th race last Thursday ... money changers paid off the quiniela ticket ... ihat huge yard-wide cake displayed at the Oregon Wheat commission booth was cut up and fair officials found three-pound slices toaitinp; on their desks ... . Attendance figures at future state fairs will probably come closer to the truth than they have in the past ... never has . been any doubt on paid attendance count ... but unpaid attendance, which includes kids, persons with passes, etc j has always been based on sheer estimate and so the total gate could always be boosted to neto "records" ... this year, however, the unpaid gate guess was brought down closer to the ground. ''''- . A news items says stripper Gypsy Rose Lee has been accused of communist leanings . . . most of us know Gypsy Rose has participated in subversive movements . . . but we didn't know she was trying to bide anything . - Church Gives Lament en Trees and Capitol To the. Editor: . It is gratifying to note the sudden interest in trees . by those who have heretofore aid ed in their i destruction. Chop ping down trees has been- their chief activity ever since the old capitol burned, when they started by destroying the1 big gest and most beautiful trees in the city: those which, made the frame for pictures of the old capitol pictures taken by thousands of tourists as well as . by : local photographers. Now they are talking of planting trees, but they don't really mean trees; they mean -, little . round topped bushes like those sur rounding the hole In the ground ("sunken garden") which they dug in front of the present ca- ltoL It would take 100 years to grow trees like those which they destroyed, and it couldn't be done without going to war with the highway department, the capital . planning commission, the "long range" planning com- missioA and the organized archi tects and landscapers, for all of that gentry hate trees. After ruining the beauty of the capi tol grounds the vandalism pro ceeded rapidly. SThe Kay, Pat ton, Spaulding, . Miles, Bush, Myers and dozens of other mod ern and spacious homes embow ered in magnificent trees were quickly destroyed, and ' what was once the most sightly part of the city is now bereft of its arboreal beauty. Each block that was a beauty spot of homes, trees and flowers is now de nuded of everything except one pallid building in the center, and the whole collection looks like a bunch of stark mauso- . leums, cold and forbidding. How many millions of dollars are we paying for this destruction of : the city's beauty? The capitol planning commission proudly states that the Job is less than half done, but the cost thus far Is . a closely guarded secret Everybody would be interested In knowing how much the com- mission has paid, or agreed to . pay, for the blocks already oc cupied by new state buildings. And who are these people who presume to tell us how Salem shall look in the future. What does Bob Sawyer of Bend know about Salem aside from hating it and trying to make it look like his home environment? He Is familiar with buttes and sage brush but has never qualified as an architectural or landscap ing aesthete. Probably the next buildings to be razed will be the Gov. Wiihycombe mansion now occu pied by state offices, then the two Thompson residences north of It and the McNary residence on the corner.. Wonder how much win have to be paid for ; the Presbyterian church and manse. The church should sure ly be torn down, for it Is mere ly a replica of Independence Ball, which everybody knows is out of date and very old fash ioned. 1 , Next year's , legislature win howl about an alleged deficit of many minions of dollars and demand "new sources of reve- - nue preferably a sales tax. A. M. Church. Better English .1. What Is wrong with this sentence? "It was unlucky for us that he went back on his prom ise." t 2. What Is the correct pronun ciation of "fiasco" (complete failure)? VI. Which one of these words is misspelled? Expiable. exquis- . lte, exstacy, extricable. 4. What does the word to DrovidenV meant . . 5. What is a word beginning with that means "a fact un questionably established"? : ANSWERS L Say. "It was nf ertanate for us that he failed te keep his nromise." 2. Pronounce fe-as-ko, as in fee unstressed, a as in at, as in no. accent second syl lable. 3. Ecstasy. 4. Not provid ing for the future; thriftless. "His improvident life soon left him without money." . 8. Cer tainty. '-' CD D D CI FOD CAIimilG in mm ' v Phone-3-4424 mis 218 N. Commercial YES . no ... YES . YES . no.. YES . We stay open after Labor Pay. There's ne new before late November. vatian Is enly ZJS2Z feet. We give 20 redaction en cabin rates after September 10th. The hotel and dining room are opes an til September 30th. Excellent meals. : Cabins, store, swimming tank and bath-house . stay open until la November. 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